Table 3.

Association of Preoperative Serum LDH Level with Clinicopathological Parameters

Variables	LDH		P
Low (≤ 188 U/L)	High (> 188 U/L)
Age (years)			.168
≤ 50	236	105
> 50	219	123
Gender			.255
Male	407	197
Female	48	31
HBsAg			.038
Negative	76	24
Positive	379	204
Tumor number			.190
Single	400	192
Multiple	55	36
Tumor size			.000
≤ 5 cm	299	71
> 5 cm	156	157
Macrovascular invasion			.019
Absent	446	215
Present	9	13
TNM stage			.001
I-II	414	186
III-IV	41	42
Tumor differentiation			.007
I-II	299	125
III-IV	153	101
Missing	3	2
Child-Pugh classification			.008
A	449	217
B	6	11

Note: Correlations between the clinicopathological parameters and LDH level were determined by the χ² test.